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Global Significant Earthquakes (M6.0+) — 2024/2025

About this data

Curated dataset of 74 significant earthquakes (magnitude 6.0+) from January 2024 through December 2025. Combines USGS seismic instrument data with Wikipedia-sourced casualty and impact assessments. Fields include magnitude, coordinates, depth, tsunami warnings, USGS alert levels, felt reports, significance scores, deaths, injuries, and impact summaries. Covers the M8.8 Kamchatka event (6th largest ever recorded), the M7.7 Myanmar earthquake (5,456 deaths), the M7.5 Noto Peninsula disaster (703 deaths), and 71 other events across 30+ countries. Multi-source, normalized, and cross-referenced.

Schema

Name	Type	Description
date	string
magnitude	string
magnitude_type	string
location	string
country	string
region	string
latitude	string
longitude	string
depth_km	string
tsunami_warning	string
alert_level	string
felt_reports	string
significance_score	string
deaths	string
injuries	string
impact_summary	string
primary_source	string

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